Funding Opportunities
NEW DIABETES RESEARCH PILOT & FEASIBILITY FUNDS FROM NIH
The Diabetes Centers Program of the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) announces the availability of Pilot and Feasibility funds to support seeding grants for the NIDDK Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases (R24). The purpose of this Collaborative Research Seeding Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases is to provide initial support to enable strong new investigative teams to form, and to foster their preliminary research activities. It is anticipated that research teams receiving seeding support under this program will be well positioned to compete for funds through the parent NIDDK Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases solicitation. This Collaborative Research Seeding Program is being solicited under authority of the NIDDK Diabetes Center Pilot and Feasibility programs; however, awards will not be limited to investigators associated with NIDDK Diabetes Centers or their affiliated institutions. Interested investigators are strongly encouraged to look at the scientific areas of interest to the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases within NIDDK:
http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/Research/ScientificAreas/default.htm
and to contact Program Staff at
http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/Research/ScientificAreas/Diabetes/
to discuss the scope and direction of the intended interdisciplinary activities. This funding opportunity will be administered under authority of the NIDDK Diabetes Centers Pilot and Feasibility program. Awards at University of Washington will be administered by the DERC. Budgets for direct costs may be up to $75,000 per PI and $300,000 for the project. A project duration of up to one year may be requested. Multiple PDs/PIs are permitted. For more complete information please see the full text of the announcement at the following URL:
www.diabetesr24.org
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: September 1, 2008.
Application Receipt Date: on or before October 1, 2008.
Peer Review: November 2008. Anticipated start date: January 1, 2009